Never used ether on my personal engines. I heard that it destroys rings and cylinder walls so when I need to direct inject more fuel for cold starting, I use an old syringe my dentist gave me to clean out my wisdom teeth sockets after he pulled them. I fill it about 1/4 full of gas then squirt it directly into the carb. It either worked or flooded, but most times it works!
I still have to use it on my ole WheelHorse on those cold cold mornings. It's not the same syringe tho, it's one of those turkey injector syringes now /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Now the WheelHorse will eventually start with just the choke but so much oil gets into the combustion chamber after all that cranking that'll it'll smoke for a couple minutes once it starts. When I direct inject fuel, it'll start on a couple turns and no smokie /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I used to have a 76 Vega, yeah I know, but it was my only wheels at the time, and I ended up putting a manual choke on it. I also had a throttle lock rod that I used to keep the rpms up so I could run back inside. The rod had a clamping lever that fit under the dash and the other end pushed the gas pedal down. Once started I set the pedal to the desired rpm then lock her down! I got it at a truck stop.
I always had thoughts of dropping a 350 in it bit ended up tradeing it for Ranchero w/a 302 2bbl and a working electric choke /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I really moved on up to the east side on that one /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Every engine had it's own personal nuances and part of ownership was to learn them so you could start 'em up quickly at any temp.
Now back in the day when I was in the service we had to use ether to start our old wind-broke diesels that earlier techs had ruined with the either. Most used these little ether capsules that fit in an injector that feed straight into the intake manifold. They are the same size/shape as CO2 capsules for gas BB guns. Once you put the capsule in and closed the lid, you'd start cranking the diesel while simultaniously hitting the plunger that relased the ether. You'd then hope and pray that it would start because those old Detroit slant 6's didn't have an electric start back then, no sir. They had a hydraulic accuator starter that pumped up during engine operation and hopefully would maintain enough pressure over night to start the next morning. If there wasn't enough pressure, you broke out the pump handle and manually pumped that mutha up. We're talking a couple hundred pumps! So anyways thats why we used the ether cause we didn't want to have to pump up several pieces of GSE gear every morning /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
They started changeing over to electric starters when I got out, the wimps /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif .....
Man, where did that come from, one of those old memories I rekon. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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